UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 04-6494

EPHRAIN RELIFORD, JR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
LAWRENCE PEARSON; CHARLES TRUESDALE;
COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT,

AIKEN
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia.
Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Chief
District Judge. (CA-03-1561-3-17BC)

Submitted:

June 24, 2004

Decided:

July 1, 2004

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ephrain Reliford, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Terri Hearn Bailey, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina; Daniel Roy
Settana, Jr., Stephen L. Hall, MCKAY, MCKAY & SETTANA, PA,
Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:
Ephrain Reliford, Jr., appeals the district courts order
accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying
relief on his complaint alleging violations under 42 U.S.C. 1983
(2000) and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of
Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).
find no reversible error.

We have reviewed the record and

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons

stated by the district court.

See Reliford v. Pearson, No.

CA-03-1561-3-17BC (D.S.C. filed Feb. 20, 2004 & entered Feb. 23,
2004).

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the

court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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